(a) Non-Competition. The Executive agrees that, during his or her employment with the Company, he or she shall not engage in any other employment, consulting or other business activity (whether full-time or part-time) that would create a conflict of interest with the Company.
(b) Non-Solicitation. The Executive agrees that, during his or her employment with the Company and for a one (1) year period thereafter, he or she will not directly or indirectly solicit away employees or consultants of the Company for his or her own benefit or for the benefit of any other person or entity, nor will the Executive encourage or assist others to do so.
(c) Cooperation and Non-Disparagement. The Executive agrees that, during the twelve (12) month period following his or her cessation of employment, he or she shall cooperate with the Company in every reasonable respect and shall use his or her best efforts to assist the Company with the transition of Executive’s duties to his or her successor. The Executive further agrees that, during this twelve (12) month period, he or she shall not in any way or by any means disparage the Company, the members of the Board or the Company’s officers and employees.
This Section 3 shall in no manner limit obligations of the Executive under any other agreement, including the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement (which shall remain in full effect pursuant to its terms following Executive’s termination, between the Company and the Executive in any manner); provided, that, to the extent the terms of this Section 3 directly conflict with the terms of any such agreement, the agreement containing the most Company-favorable terms that are enforceable shall govern.
(a) “Base Salary” means the Executive’s base salary at the rate in effect at the time Executive’s Qualifying Termination (or at the rate in effect immediately prior to a reduction in the base salary that gave rise to Good Reason, solely with respect to a Qualifying Termination during a Change in Control Period).
(b) “Cause” means (i) the Executive has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to, any felony or crime involving moral turpitude, (ii) the Executive has (X) engaged in willful misconduct which is injurious to the Company or materially failed or refused to perform the material duties lawfully and reasonably assigned to the Executive or has performed such material duties with gross negligence or (Y) breached any material term or condition of this Plan, the Executive’s Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement with the Company, any written Company policy or the Company’s written code of conduct that has been made available to Executive prior to such breach or any other material agreement with the Company, in any case after written notice by the Company of such misconduct, performance issue, gross negligence or breach of terms or conditions and an opportunity to cure within thirty (30) days of such written notice thereof from the Company, unless such misconduct, performance issue, gross negligence or breach is, by its nature, not curable, or (iii) the Executive has committed any act of fraud, theft, embezzlement, misappropriation of funds, breach of fiduciary duty or other willful act of material dishonesty against the Company that results in material harm to the Company.
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